Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-05

to indulge, 'you can tell him that row is
surely good, and warns the cookies of the
heart, and that so far as am concerned Pm
his boy My only stipulation is, that he al
lows me to wear trousers ~
l translated these answers.
ut is well, my friends" said IgnosL late
Umbopa; "and what say you, Macumazahn
art thou too with me, old hunter, cleyerel
than wounded buffalo"'
l thought a while and scratched my head.
''UmbOpa, or Ignosi," I said, Il don't like
revolutions. l am a man of peace, and bit
of coward (here Umbopa smiled), but
on the other hand | stick to my friends Ig.
nosi. You have stuck to us and played the
part of man, and l will stick to you. But
mind you am a trader, and have to make
my living, so | accept your offer about
those diamonds in case we should ever be in
position to avail ourselves of it. Another
thing, we came, as you know, to look for
Incubus (Sr Henry's) lost brother. You
must help us to find him."
THAT will | do" answered Ignosi. ''Stay,
Infadoos, by the sign of the snake round my
middle, tell me the truth. Has any white
man to thy knowledge set his foot within
the Iand?'
'.None, oh, Ignosi."
"If any white man has been seen or heard
of, wouldst thou have known it?'
~ should certainly have known
Thou nearest, Iucubu," said Ignosi tc
Sir Henry, she has not been here
swell, WE'LL" said Sir Henry with sigh;
''there it is; l suppose he never got here.
Poor fellow, poor fellow! So it has all been
for nothing. Gods Will be DONE"
'.Now for business" put it, anxious to
escape from a painful subject ''It is all very
we'll to be king by right divine. Ignosi, but
how do you propose to be king indeedT'
NAY, l know not Infadoos, hast thou a
plan?"
'lgnosi, son of the lightning." answered
his uncle. tonight is the great dance and
witch-hunt. Many will be smelled out and
perish, and in the hearts of many others
there will be grief and anguish and anger
against the king Twala. When the dance is
over, then l will speak to some of the great
cHefs, who in turn, il l can win them over,
shall speak to their regiments. 1 shall spask
to the clriefs softly at first and bring theIf4o
see that thou art indeed the king, and !
think that by to-morrow's light thou shalt
have twenty thousand spears at thy com.
mand. And now must l go and think, and
make ready. After the dance is done will
if l am yet alive, meet thee here, and we
will talk. At the best there will be war;
At this moment our conference was inter
rupted by the cry that messengers had come
from the king. Advancing to the door of
the hut we ordered that they should be adj
mitted, and presently three men entered,
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be covered with both hands.
DO you make these things in this country,
Infadoos% l asked; "tney are very beauti-
full"
NAY, my lord, they come down to us
from our forefatherS. We know not who
made them, and there are but few left
None but those of royal blood may wear
them. They are magic-coats through which
Lo opSdI Cdu pass. nc WIZ wears lDclll Is
well-nigh safe in the battle. The king is
well pleased or much afraid, or he would
not have sent them. Wear them tonight,
my lords"
The rest of the day we spent quietly rest
Ing and talking over the situation, which was
sufficiently exciting At last the sun went
down, the thousand watch-fires glowed out,
and through the darkness we heard the
tramp of many feet and the clashing of hun
dreds of spears, as the regiments passed TO
their appointed places to be ready for the
great dance.
About ten the full moon came up in SPLEEN
dor. and as we stood watching her ascent In
fadoos arrived, clad in full war toggery, and
accompanied by a guard of twenty men to
escort us to the dance. We had already, as
recommended, donned the shirts of chain
armor which the king had sent us, putting
them under our ordinary clothing, and find
ing, to our surprise, that they were neither
very heavy nor uncomfortable. These steel
shirts, which had evidently been made for
men of a very large stature, hung somewhat
loosely upon Good and myself. Then strap
ping our revolvers round our waists, and
taking the battle-aXes which the king had
sent with the armor in our hands, we
started.
To be continued.